django-cron-command 0.1.0

A Django app to manage cron jobs.

DJANGO CRON COMMAND

Installation

pip install django-cron-command

Initialization

1. Add cron_command to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'cron_command',
]

2. Create command/task

your_app/management/commands/my_custom_command.py

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Manage cron jobs'

    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        # add sub task

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        # main task

3. Define your cron jobs in settings.py

CRON_JOBS = {
    'job1': {
        'schedule': '0 0 * * *',
        'command': 'my_custom_command'
    },
    'job2': {
        'schedule': '*/5 * * * *',
        'command': 'another_custom_command'
    },
    'job3': {
        'schedule': '*/5 * * * *',
        'command': 'another_custom_command run'
    }
}

4. Add cron

python manage.py cron_add

5. Check status

python manage.py cron_list

6. Remove cron

python manage.py cron_remove